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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4017003, member: 44316"]The prices are ridiculously high. Uncommon books, and many coin books are uncommon, are often priced unrealistically on Amazon (and elsewhere). If Amazon does not have any copies of an obscure book for sale, some seller with a copy will think it is rare and therefore valuable and price it super high. Then someone else thinks, if it worth that much, I'll list my copy too, for a bit less. Then neither copy will ever sell. But Amazon does not tell you that copies have actually sold, they just tell you asking prices. Many sellers have a computer program that gradually lowers prices, repricing them 1 cent below other listings. Over time, that will lower prices, but not fast enough to matter much. Don't think that when a book is listed for $X on Amazon, that is what it is worth. No, that is just the price, not necessarily the value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4017003, member: 44316"]The prices are ridiculously high. Uncommon books, and many coin books are uncommon, are often priced unrealistically on Amazon (and elsewhere). If Amazon does not have any copies of an obscure book for sale, some seller with a copy will think it is rare and therefore valuable and price it super high. Then someone else thinks, if it worth that much, I'll list my copy too, for a bit less. Then neither copy will ever sell. But Amazon does not tell you that copies have actually sold, they just tell you asking prices. Many sellers have a computer program that gradually lowers prices, repricing them 1 cent below other listings. Over time, that will lower prices, but not fast enough to matter much. Don't think that when a book is listed for $X on Amazon, that is what it is worth. No, that is just the price, not necessarily the value.[/QUOTE]
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